2006 LMU VOLLEYBALL 2006mediaguide 2006 LMU VOLLEYBALL quick facts the university Location: ............................Los Angeles, CA Founded: ............................................1911 Enrollment: ........................................8,300 Nickname:............................................Lions Colors: ............................Crimson and navy National Affiliation:..............NCAA Division I Conference:................................West Coast Home Court: ......................Gersten Pavilion Capacity: ............................................4,156 President:............Rev. Robert B. Lawton, S.J. Athletic Director: ..............Dr. William Husak volleyball staff contents Head Coach: ..............................................................................Steve Stratos Stratos’ Office: ......................................................................(310) 338-2765 inside LMU volleyball Stratos’ E-Mail:....................................................................sstratos@lmu.edu 1 2006 season outlook . 2 Alma Mater: ....................................................................San Diego State ‘75 Sweet Sixteen appearance . 6 Record at LMU: ............................................................324-153 (16 seasons) Collegiate Career Record:..............................................324-153 (16 seasons) LMU volleyball All-Americans . 8 Assistant Coach: ....................................................Larry Smoot (17th season) Coach Stratos’ Wall of Fame . 10 Alma Mater: ........................................................................Long Beach State LMU volleyball Olympian . 13 Assistant Coach: ..............................................Heather Collins (10th season) Gersten Pavilion . 14 Alma Mater: ................................................................UC Santa Barbara ‘96 Strength/Training . 16 Assistant Coach: ....................................................Branden Higa (1st season) Alma Mater:............................................................................Pepperdine ‘98 welcome to LMU 17 About LMU . 18 volleyball facts Academics at LMU . 20 All-Time Record:................................................................................462-293 2005 Record: ........................................................................................19-11 Building Champions. 22 2005 WCC Record: ................................................................7-7 (fifth place) LMU Athletics facilities . 25 2005 Postseason..................................................................NCAA 1st Round LMU administration . 26 2005 Final Ranking ....................................................................................NR Staff directory . 27 Letterwinners Returning / Lost: ..............................................................11/5 NCAA compliance . 28 Starters Returning / Lost: ............................................................5 + libero/2 Newcomers: ................................................................................................5 the 2006 LMU Lions media relations 29 Assistant Athletic Director of Media Services: ..............................John Shaffer Steve Stratos, Head Coach . 30 Office Phone: ........................................................................(310) 338-7643 Assistant coaches . 32 Cell Phone: ............................................................................(310) 864-2626 2006 players. 34 E-Mail: ................................................................................jshaffer@lmu.edu Alphabetical roster . 42 Assistant Media Relations Director (volleyball contact):....................Alissa Zito Numerical roster . 42 Office Phone: ........................................................................(310) 338-7638 Pronunciation guide . 42 Cell Phone: ............................................................................(310) 345-6997 E-Mail: ....................................................................................azito@lmu.edu Assistant Media Relations Director:..........................................Carolyn French Office Phone: ........................................................................(310) 338-5798 43 LMU volleyball pride Cell Phone: ............................................................................(310)-261-8470 2005 season review . 44 E-Mail: ................................................................................cfrench@lmu.edu All-time record book . 48 SID Office Fax:........................................................................(310) 338-2703 Postseason history . 54 Hotline / Tickets: ....................................................................(310) 338-LION All-time series records/stat leaders . 55 Website: ........................................................................www.LMULions.com Year-by-year results . 56 Mailing Address: ............................................Athletic Media Relations Office Volleyball’s retired jerseys . 60 ........................................................................Loyola Marymount University ............................................................................................Gersten Pavilion ..................................................................................................1 LMU Drive ........................................................................Los Angeles, CA 90045-8235 61 LMU media information 2006 opponent information. 62 credits LMU media outlets. 65 Speed chart . 66 The 2006 Loyola Marymount volleyball media guide is a product of the LMU Athletic Media Relations Office... Photography provided by Glenn Cratty, Jeff Golden, Dave Hill, Dirk Dewachter, Scott Cunningham, and Christian Peterson... Film and printing by West Coast Reproductions of Marina del Rey... Inside cover photos courtesy of the Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau... Additional copies of this guide are available through the Athletic Media Relations Office for $10.00 each. 2006 VOLLEYBALL 1 2006 LMU VOLLEYBALL The 2006 Lions: COMING OF AGE LMU volleyball returns five starters plus its libero. And Lion fans return with hope for a fourth straight NCAA postseason run. Loyola Marymount University volleyball made its Head Coach Steve Stratos The 2006 LMU Lions third straight appearance at the NCAA Volleyball Championships in 2005. Now, the 2006 Lions Head Coach Steve Stratos completed his 16th The Lions will look to co-captains Sandy Krone and return wanting even more. campaign at the helm of the program with a 16th Heather Hughes to continue the legacy of 16 straight winning season. In his time at LMU, straight winning campaigns that the Class of 2005 2005 Review Stratos has led the Lions to nine 20-win seasons left behind. Hughes, the 2005-06 LMU Co-Female and 11 postseason appearances. Stratos has post- Athlete of the Year and first-team All-WCC selec- The 2005 postseason appearance was LMU’s sev- ed a career record of 324-153, the most victories tion will be the primary option in the team’s enth trip to the NCAAs in the last nine years, and in LMU volleyball history and second among cur- offense at opposite. Krone, the 2005-06 LMU the Lions will look to post another successful sea- rent WCC coaches. In league action, he owns a Female Strength Athlete of the Year, will return as son in the highly competitive West Coast mark of 157-67, good for a winning percentage a strong candidate for the starting job at middle Conference. over .700. With 157 career conference victories, blocker. Stratos again ranks second among WCC coaches. For the 2005 Lions, an at-large invitation to the The 2006 season will see Stratos coach his 500th Newcomers NCAA Volleyball Championship served as proof career match. that LMU was worthy of the attention it received Stratos and his staff will look down the bench to a when the AVCA dubbed it one of its “Rodney Class of 2005 roster that includes five new options in one trans- Dangerfield” teams. The AVCA assigned the nick- fer and four freshmen players. Junior Ashley Dutro name when the Lions did not get the respect they With the departure of graduating seniors Dina joined the LMU program as a transfer from 2005 deserved in the national polls after posting wins DeBernardi, Michelle Look, Krista Houseman, and Big West Co-Champion UC Santa Barbara, where like a pair of road victories over then-ninth-ranked Audrey Francis, the Lions will have some major she was the starting setter for the Gauchos. She Hawaii and 20th-ranked San Diego. Both wins roles to fill. Most notably, the Lions will be without ranked fourth in her conference with 12.00 assists snapped significant winning streaks for the Lions’ the leadership of three-time captain and All-WCC per game in 2005. victims and caught the AVCA’s attention. honorable mention recipient DeBernardi. Along with DeBernardi, who finished her LMU career “In Ashley, we’re getting a two-year veteran who But a tough postseason draw once again awaited ranked in 10 different all-time categories, both has experience playing at a high level of Division I the Lions at the 2005 NCAAs, as LMU was sent to Look (career dig average) and Houseman (season volleyball,” Stratos said. “She has been very suc- Salt Lake City, Utah, in a bracket with Utah State, attack percentage) also worked their way into the cessful and has done a great deal of winning as a Arizona, and host Utah. There, the Lions fell to the LMU record book. starter on a championship team.” host Utes in the